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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1906
Page
4
A Chicago visitor lauds Sheboygan’s civic drive noting green buttons on schoolchildren. The program has kids organized into a society to keep streets neat, collecting over 100 dollars to buy waste paper boxes for street corners.
La Monde Moderne notes two English dominated towns near Paris Chantilly and Maisons Lafitte now host English sportsmen horse trainers and jockeys. A large stable called Box Hall a bar named English Tavern and an English Episcopal church mark the shift. The English rector and curate are common in town.
Sedalia camp No 5570 M W A will hold a regular meeting at the K of P hall on East Fifth street on Wednesday January 3 1905 Visiting Neighbors are invited to attend SAM W JAMES V C E E CODDING Clerk
New performers and plays headline this week at Wood's Opera House. Matinees Wednesday Saturday and Sunday with two shows nightly. Admission ten cents, gallery five cents. Ladies matinee Wednesday and a china set giveaway Saturday for the holder of the lucky number. Special matinees for ladies gentlemen and children under twelve.
In Yates County New York farmers are switching to hog skinning as a profitable method. An enterprising butcher pays 50 cents to $1 per hog skin and skins the hogs at farms reducing prep time and weight loss. The practice spreads rapidly and may replace traditional scalding methods statewide.
An ad from W. E. Bard Drug Co claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea invigorates and strengthens the body and mind. It offers tea or tablets for 55 cents.
A Cleveland Leader quip notes Tom’s affection wavering, joking that his last letter is the telltale sign. The gag relies on the stark contrast between cold formality and warmth in romance.
A household rejoices when Monarch Laundry delivers family wash ironed at no extra charge. They advertise family washing at 25 cents per dozen and iron all flat work. Chas Van Antwerp, proprietor, invites next bundle. Also mentions three babies named William Willie and Bill and promotes Rocky Mountain Tea from W. E. Bard Drug Co.
A. S. Barnes & Co. new sea novel by Joseph C. Lincoln presents coast dwellers of New England with quaint humor and a strong plot. The tale follows the boy hero and Cap n Titcomb through adventures on the coast, featuring clever old maids and lively coastal scenes. Trusty honesty shapes the young narrator's growing life at sea.
Readable fragments claim certain baking powders include alum and baling agents. The note asserts some contents are unhealthy while promising scientific backing.
The excerpt praises a famed military figure, comparing his leadership to Washington’s. It lauds his sympathy, moral integrity, and justice, calling him a “Knight of the Revolution” and noting his abstinence and courageous spirit as highlighted by Lynn Tew Sprague in Outing Magazine.
Market report shows mixed grain futures with corn around 39 to 40 and oats near 30. hog futures list January and May prices, with Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, and St Joseph hog and cattle quotes described as steady. Estimated Chicago hogs for Thursday run near 30,000.
Market notes from Sedalia list prices for cereals and breadstuffs including corn meal flour and hard and soft wheat flour by cwt or bushel. Also shown are hay timothy and prairie baled per ton, Potatoes per bushel, sorghum by gallon, poultry prices for spring chickens hens geese ducks and teas.
Charles Edward Russell in Everybody's Magazine uses a simple story to show that many who claim to support socialism misunderstand the idea. A casual exchange asks what a socialist is, ending with a joke about sharing two shirts and two farms to illustrate lack of sincere comprehension.
In McClure's January issue the Morgan twins and their uncle oppose marriage ploys from a bold rival. After a verbal clash turns physical, the lady across the aisle faces an attack that endangers Uncle Jack and the twins. The narration blends gentle humor with unfolding mischief.
The writer recalls two weeks of London performances where Booth played Iago and Irving Othello in alternating weeks. He notes national loyalties influencing reactions, Irvine's comfort on his ground, and Booth's nasal enunciation observed abroad.
Mrs Burnett's story The Dawn of Tomorrow, in the January Scribner, centers on a poor woman whose remarkable faith transforms a London slum. The tale argues Faith as essential to daily life and appeals to all who believe in its power.
Kate Douglass Wiggin uses a modern sanitarium and its machinery to lampoon the pursuit of the simple life in her story Philippa's Nervous Prostration. The piece will appear in the January Scribners.
Two yellow Jersey cows from the home of Mesdames Smith and Cotton have gone missing. One has short horns while the other is hornless. A reward is offered for their safe return or information leading to their location.
A playful dialogue shows a daughter pressing her stern father to approve a marriage to Henry while he pretends to resist. The father confesses happiness at the match yet plans a feigned resistance, while the daughter mocks the actor父 role and hints at a breach of promise.
A review praises Octave Thanet for her first full size novel The Man of the Hour published by Bobbs Merrill. It centers on Joan Winslow heir to industry and Russian nobility, who endures struggle in America through persistence noble ideals and a noble love.
A columnist urges scientists to experiment with breeding a fish combining the low bone count of pompano with the flavor and tenderness of shad. The piece imagines a future fish that pleases epicures and mankind.
A subway advocate argues that underground lines will replace 50 miles of elevated railways, restore 50 miles of streets, and boost property values. He says elevated structures darken streets, create noise, and have outlived their usefulness like old omnibuses after modern streetcars.
A witticism from the Philadelphia Press plays on the idea of sharp words spoken at night and returned as punishment the next morning. The remark implies Bangs faced the consequences of his insults after sleep.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a wonderful tonic and beautifier. It claims value for complexion and beauty with cod cents prices for tea or tablets offered by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Dr. Pierce extols Hydrastis Canadensis or Golden Seal as a potent root used in his Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. The text praises vegetable remedies over alcohol, outlines glycerine solvent advantages, asserts openness of ingredient lists, and notes a free medical extracts book from Dr. Pierce. It also mentions the Pleasant Pellets and Mandrake extract for digestive health.
The excerpt discusses early football as a brutal pastime described by Thomas Stubbes in 1582. He likens it to a friendly fight more than recreation and warns of deadly injury risks from the game, noting broken necks backs and limbs as possible outcomes.
In Genoa a curious custom prevails where wealthy and middle class families own only an interest in a carriage and horses. Four to six families pool resources to buy a single carriage and horses and rotate usage by agreed days.
A Hamrick advertises Maltby's MCC9 Coffee with fresh daily roast. The note emphasizes consistent daily roasting to appeal to coffee buyers seeking flavor and quality.
Miss Mildred Latimer entertained the Tuesday Grand club and escorts at her East Broadway home last evening. The event featured oyster patties ice cream cake and egg nogg with prize winners Mr. C F Kibby and Mrs. Nelson Church Smith awarded art calendars.
C. W. Lynch of Winchester Indiana reports his son suffered membranous croup and found relief after Foley's Honey and Tar. He believes the medicine saved his boy's life and recommends the product from Arfugion Pharmacy with no substitutes.
The forecast warns rain or snow and colder conditions tonight. Thursday is expected to be fair with cooler temperatures.
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